One of the attributes of being a single mother is this inherent feeling that you need to make your child’s wishes come true. So true that I agreed to go France after Spain as Keeley was desperate (it’s on the list) to go. I had been before but was a lot younger and who doesn’t like France, I mean the

21 SEPTEMBER 2021 The outside of the church showed its years of wear and tear that some might call love. The gardens were overgrown, the steps had a dip that only many years of pilgrims passing over them could produce. However, it was holding onto its grandiose history, well just, the tall handmade gates the spire from which the bell tolled